Glickman Eyes Land Swap for Flint Hills Park
Rep Dan Glickman proposes trading government land in the West for the Z Bar Ranch to create a national tallgrass prairie park in Kansas. The Spring Hill Z Bar board rejected Boatmen’s Trust Co. bid for 10,894 acres in Chase County as too costly and fundraising time was lacking.
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Flint Hills
Kansas
Dan Glickman
Dwichita
Glickman
Spring Hillz-Bar Ranch Inc
Chase County
Boatmen’s Trust Co
Kansas City
Congress
Emporia
Audit urges reforms at Kansas Turnpike Authority
The Kansas audit released today urges KTA to hire an independent financial advisor and seek more underwriter bids to strengthen bond issuance. It notes better controls on spending and credit card purchases, yet says the agency runs well with bond costs favorable and long term construction costs lower than DOT.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Turnpike Authority
Legislative Post Audit Committee
Department of Transportation
Elvis fares cut for birthday fans travel to Graceland
Elvis fans traveling to Memphis for his birthday weekend can use special air rates. Northwest and American airlines offer Elvis fares on Saturday, the 59th anniversary of Elvis Presleybirth. American cites 79 round trips from Dallas Chicago and Nashville to Memphis with a $20 refund for impersonators who arrive.
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Graceland
Northwest
American Airlines
Memphis
Elvis Presley
American
Dallas
Chicago
Nashville
Tenn
Elvis
New year baby born to Ottawa University student
Janisse Collins 19 of 100 S Cedar gave birth to Justice Deanne Collins a 6 pound 12 ounce girl at Ransom Memorial Hospital delivered by Lance Reynoso of Ottawa Family Physicians Chartered. City area family and university ties noted with plans to return to classes next week. Gift listings from Ottawa merchants accompany the item.
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Janisse Collins
S. Cedar
Justice Deanne Collins
Justice
Lance Reynoso
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Janisse
Ottawa University
Alma
Ronnie Collins
Topeka
Florence Gardenhire
Janissé
Ralph Young
Deanne Collins
Clinton administration slashes Chinese textile imports
The United States will cut quotas on 88 Chinese textile and clothing categories by 25% to 35% starting January 17, aiming to curb illicit shipments. Trade Representative Mick Kantor estimates a $1.1 to $1.2 billion reduction in China’s exports, while noting that about $2 billion of textile shipments have bypassed controls.
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Ashington
Wim Clinton
China
U.S
Mickey Kantor
Kantor
Clinton
Woodward name chosen for Ottawa Boys Club building
The Ottawa City Commission designated The Don Woodward Community Building as the renamed Boys Club building after a Mayoral contest. Woodward, longtime director of Boys Club activities, praised the honor, noting 38 years of service and his wife Aileen’s volunteering. The brick prize went to Dwight Haworth for a load bid of 2650 dollars as part of city surplus brick sales.
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Ottawa City Commission
Boys Club
Don Woodward
Woodward
Isl
Hickory
Aileen
Ottawa
Richard Jackson
Woodward Jim Grogan
Eldon McCurdy
McCurdy
Budges Sports Center
S. Main
Jackson
Clinton mourns loss of his mother Virginia Kelley
President Clinton canceled a Milwaukee policy address after learning of his mother’s death. Dee Dee Myers said Gore would deliver the speech. Kelley, 70, died in Hope Arkansas after a long life of community ties.
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Clinton
Milwaukee
Arkansas
White House
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al Gore
Virginia Kelley
Dick Kelley
Myers
Clay Farrar
Kelley
McLarty
Hope
Ark
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